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Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from. The word is a.

Cognates of Germanic origin include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Also cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬 and other terms –, , , and.

Verb

 * 1)  To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
 * 2)  To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
 * 3)  To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
 * 4)  To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
 * 5) To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
 * 6)  To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
 * 7)  To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
 * 8)  To end the run of (a play).
 * 9)  To ruin financially.
 * 10)  To fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt.
 * 11) * 1791-92,, ‘A Collection of Letters’, Juvenilia:
 * ‘I knew he was in some such low way—He broke did not he?’
 * 1)  Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
 * 2)  To violate; to fail to adhere to.
 * 3)  To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
 * 4)  To end.
 * 5)  To begin or end.
 * 6)  To arrive.
 * 7)  To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
 * 8)  To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
 * 9)  To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
 * 10)  To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
 * 11)  To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
 * 12)  To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
 * 13)  To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
 * 14)  To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. [[Image:A storm at Pors-Loubous.jpg|right|thumb|196px|A wave breaking.]]
 * 15)  To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
 * 16)  To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
 * 17)  To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
 * 18)  To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
 * 19)  To become audible suddenly.
 * 20) * c. 1843,, The Battle-Day of Germantown, reprinted in Washington and His Generals "1776", page 45 :
 * Like the crash of thunderbolts[...], the sound of musquetry broke over the lawn, [...].
 * 1)  To change a steady state abruptly.
 * 2)  To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
 * 3)  To suddenly become.
 * 4)  To become deeper at puberty.
 * 5)  To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
 * 6)  To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
 * 7)  To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
 * 8)  To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
 * 9)  To remove one of the two men on (a point).
 * 10)  To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
 * 11)  To end (a connection); to disconnect.
 * 12)  To demulsify.
 * 13)  To counter-attack.
 * 14)  To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
 * 15)  To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
 * 16)  To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
 * 17)  To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
 * 18) * January 11, 1711,, The Examiner No. 24
 * when I see a great officer broke.
 * 1)  To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
 * 2)  To fall out; to terminate friendship.
 * 3) * c. 1700, On Friendship
 * To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited.
 * 1)  To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
 * 2)  To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
 * 3)  To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
 * 1)  To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
 * 2)  To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
 * 3)  To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
 * 4)  To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
 * 5)  To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
 * 6)  To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
 * 7)  To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. [[Image:A storm at Pors-Loubous.jpg|right|thumb|196px|A wave breaking.]]
 * 8)  To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
 * 9)  To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
 * 10)  To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
 * 11)  To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
 * 12)  To become audible suddenly.
 * 13) * c. 1843,, The Battle-Day of Germantown, reprinted in Washington and His Generals "1776", page 45 :
 * Like the crash of thunderbolts[...], the sound of musquetry broke over the lawn, [...].
 * 1)  To change a steady state abruptly.
 * 2)  To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
 * 3)  To suddenly become.
 * 4)  To become deeper at puberty.
 * 5)  To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
 * 6)  To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
 * 7)  To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
 * 8)  To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
 * 9)  To remove one of the two men on (a point).
 * 10)  To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
 * 11)  To end (a connection); to disconnect.
 * 12)  To demulsify.
 * 13)  To counter-attack.
 * 14)  To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
 * 15)  To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
 * 16)  To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
 * 17)  To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
 * 18) * January 11, 1711,, The Examiner No. 24
 * when I see a great officer broke.
 * 1)  To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
 * 2)  To fall out; to terminate friendship.
 * 3) * c. 1700, On Friendship
 * To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited.
 * 1)  To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
 * 2)  To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
 * 3)  To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
 * 1)  To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
 * 2)  To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
 * 3)  To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
 * 4)  To remove one of the two men on (a point).
 * 5)  To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
 * 6)  To end (a connection); to disconnect.
 * 7)  To demulsify.
 * 8)  To counter-attack.
 * 9)  To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
 * 10)  To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
 * 11)  To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
 * 12)  To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
 * 13) * January 11, 1711,, The Examiner No. 24
 * when I see a great officer broke.
 * 1)  To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
 * 2)  To fall out; to terminate friendship.
 * 3) * c. 1700, On Friendship
 * To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited.
 * 1)  To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
 * 2)  To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
 * 3)  To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
 * 1)  To counter-attack.
 * 2)  To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
 * 3)  To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
 * 4)  To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
 * 5)  To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
 * 6) * January 11, 1711,, The Examiner No. 24
 * when I see a great officer broke.
 * 1)  To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
 * 2)  To fall out; to terminate friendship.
 * 3) * c. 1700, On Friendship
 * To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited.
 * 1)  To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
 * 2)  To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
 * 3)  To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
 * 1)  To fall out; to terminate friendship.
 * 2) * c. 1700, On Friendship
 * To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited.
 * 1)  To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
 * 2)  To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
 * 3)  To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
 * 1)  To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: اِنْكَسَرَ
 * South Levantine Arabic: اِنْكَسَرَ
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: arup, frãngu, aspargu
 * Assamese:
 * Central: ভাঙা
 * Eastern: ভঙা
 * Azerbaijani: sınmaq,
 * Bakhtiari: اشکندن
 * Basque:, hautsi, apurtu
 * Belarusian: лама́цца, злама́цца;  разбіва́цца, разбі́цца
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: krackya
 * Czech: se,  se
 * Danish: gå i stykker, gå itu
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, rompiĝi
 * Estonian: murduma
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ტყდომა, მტვრევა
 * German:, ,
 * Old High German: brehhan
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ῥήγνυμαι
 * Hebrew: נשבר
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Icelandic: brotna
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: taittua
 * Irish: bris
 * Italian: ,
 * Jamaican Creole: mash up
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: сындыру, сыну
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:, сынуу
 * Latgalian: lyuzt
 * Latin: cōnfringō,, rumpō
 * Latvian: salūzt, lūzt
 * Lithuanian: sulaužyti
 * Low German:
 * German Low German:
 * Macedonian: ломи
 * Maltese: nkiser
 * Maore Comorian: fusiha, pasuha
 * Middle Dutch: breken
 * Middle English: breken, chynen
 * Mongolian:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: vundziha
 * North Frisian:
 * Föhr-Amrum: breeg
 * Helgoland and Sylt: breek
 * Mooring and Hallig: breege
 * Odia:
 * Old English: brecan
 * Old Frisian: breka
 * Old Saxon: brekan
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, , ,  połamać się
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua: p'akiy
 * Romanian:  frânge,   rupe,
 * Russian:, ;  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bris
 * Slovak: rozbiť sa, zlomiť sa
 * Slovene: zlomiti se,  razbiti se
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: broko
 * Sundanese: pites
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: mabasag
 * Telugu:, విరగగొట్టు
 * Thai:, ,
 * Tok Pisin: bruk
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: ламати, зламати
 * Vietnamese: bị bể
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: brekke
 * Yiddish: צעברעכן
 * Albanian: thyen
 * Amharic: ሰበረ
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: كسر
 * South Levantine Arabic: كسر
 * Argobba: ሰበራ
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Aromanian: arup, frãngu, crep
 * Assamese:
 * Central: ভাঙা
 * Eastern: ভঙা
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: лама́ць, злама́ць;  разбіва́ць, разбі́ць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏆᎵᏍᎦ,  ᎠᎦᎳᏍᎦ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: krackya
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: sønderslå,, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: murdma
 * Extremaduran: rompel, brital
 * Finnish:, , , , , pirstoa
 * French:, ,
 * Friulian: rompi, crevâ, franzi, frangi
 * Galician: ,
 * Ge'ez: ሰበረ
 * Georgian: ტყდომა, მსხვრევა
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ῥήγνυμι
 * Guaraní: joka
 * Hebrew: שָׁבַר#Verb
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: taittaa
 * Irish: bris
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kazakh: сындыру
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: شکاندن
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latgalian: salauzt, salauzeit
 * Latin: cōnfringō,, rumpō
 * Latvian: salauzt, lauzt
 * Lithuanian: sulaužyti
 * Lombard:
 * Macedonian: кр́ши
 * Maltese: kiser
 * Mongolian:
 * Neapolitan: rompe
 * Ngazidja Comorian: vundza, ungua, pasua
 * Norman: rompre
 * Northern Sami: biđget
 * Occitan: fragar,, quebrar,
 * Old English: ofbrecan
 * Old Javanese: tugĕl
 * Ossetian: сӕттын
 * Ottoman Turkish: قیرمق
 * Persian:
 * Polabian: lümĕt, vėzlümĕt
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua: llik'iy, pakii
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Romansch: rumper, romper
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit: भनक्ति
 * Scottish Gaelic: bris
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ломити
 * Sinhalese: කඩනවා
 * Slovak: rozbiť, zlomiť
 * Slovene:,  razbiti
 * Somali: jabid
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: łamać, złamać
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sranan Tongo: broko
 * Sundanese: mites
 * Swedish:, ta isär, ha isär, slå
 * Tagalog: basagin
 * Tajik:
 * Tatar: сындырырга
 * Thai:
 * Tok Pisin: brukim
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: gyrmak, dövmek
 * Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎁𐎗
 * Ukrainian: розбива́ти, розби́ти, лама́ти, злама́ти
 * Urdu:
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: làm bể
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: צעברעכן


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: sınmaq
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: zlomit si
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: panei
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: נשבר
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: brotna
 * Irish: bris
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ひびが入る,
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: salūzt, lūzt
 * Maori: whati
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:  frânge
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bris
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: zlomiť sa
 * Slovene: zlomiti se
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: mabali
 * Thai: ,
 * Tok Pisin: bruk
 * Welsh:, ymdorri


 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: bris
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ひびが入る,
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: salauzt, lauzt
 * Ottoman Turkish: قیرمق
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bris
 * Slovak: zlomiť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: baliin
 * Thai:
 * Tok Pisin: brukim
 * Welsh:


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: veksle,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: kleinmachen
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Kazakh: уақтау
 * Persian:
 * Polish: rozmieniać,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: rozdeliť, rozmeniť
 * Tagalog: hatiin
 * Thai:
 * Tok Pisin: brukim
 * Turkish:


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Finnish: murtaa (tahto), ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: zlomiť


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: whakararata, pereki
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: skrotiť, krotiť


 * Azerbaijani:, tərgitmək
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: porre fine,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: prestať, zbaviť sa


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Danish: ruinere
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, csődbe juttat, csődbe visz
 * Italian: fare fallire, ,
 * Maori: whakapēkerapu
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: zruinovať


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: pozmaq
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, krænke
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: pārkāpt
 * Maori: pekehāwani, takahi
 * Mongolian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bris
 * Slovak: porušiť
 * Slovene: prekršiti
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai: ,
 * Tok Pisin: brukim
 * Ukrainian: пору́шувати


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 잔꾀부리다


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: sınmaq, xarab olmaq
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: rozbít se, polámat se, přestat fungovat, pokazit se
 * Danish: bryde sammen, gå i stykker, gå itu
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: התקלקל
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: bris
 * Italian:, scassarsi
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: salūzt, lūzt
 * Polish: zespuć się,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bris
 * Slovak: pokaziť sa
 * Slovene: pokvariti se
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kuvunjika
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: masira
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tok Pisin: bruk
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani: xarab eləmək,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: pokazit
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish: bris
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: salauzt, lauzt
 * Maori: whakakaurapa
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bris
 * Slovak: pokaziť, znefunkčniť
 * Slovene: pokvariti
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kuvunja
 * Swedish: ha sönder,
 * Tagalog: sirain
 * Thai: ,
 * Tok Pisin: brukim
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Slovak: prelomiť, rozbiť, porušiť, narušiť


 * Bulgarian: разбивам се
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: brotna
 * Italian: infrangersi, frantumarsi, fracassarsi
 * Maori: pōrutu
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: lámať sa
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:, zu Ende gehen
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, dissiparsi,
 * Latvian: beigties
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Azerbaijani: fasilə etmək
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: holde pause,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pitää tauko,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, fare una sosta, fare una pausa,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: paņemt pārtraukumu
 * Portuguese: pausar
 * Russian: де́лать переры́в
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: ,
 * Ukrainian: робит́и пере́рву, пере́рва


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Slovak: spomaliť


 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, , herausbringen, , bekannt machen, publik machen,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Korean:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , fare capolino,
 * Maori: hotu
 * Ngazidja Comorian: sha
 * Slovak: začať


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:, , ,


 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Slovak: prerušiť, pokaziť, zničiť, stratiť sa


 * Finnish: muuttua (yhtäkkiä
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , volgersi


 * Finnish:
 * German: einen / den Stimmbruch haben
 * Hungarian:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Maori:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: prekonať
 * Thai: ทำลาย (สถิติ)
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * German: einen Break machen
 * Hebrew: שבירה
 * Japanese: ブレークを取る
 * Korean:
 * Turkish: servis kırmak


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, den Eröffnungsstoß haben
 * Greek:
 * Japanese: ブレークする
 * Korean:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Danish: degradere
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Slovak: prerušiť, rozdeliť, odpojiť


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Catalan: ,
 * Danish: knække
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, , einen Ausfall machen, zum Gegenangriff ansetzen
 * Italian:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:,  ,
 * Ineseño:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Lao: ,
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: ,
 * Norman:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
 * 2) A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
 * 3) An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
 * 4)   A rest or pause, usually from work.
 * 5)  A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
 * 6) A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
 * 7) A short holiday.
 * 8) A temporary split with a romantic partner.
 * 9) An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
 * 10) A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
 * 11)  A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
 * 12) The beginning (of the morning).
 * 13) An act of escaping.
 * 14)  The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
 * 15)  A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
 * 16)  A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
 * 17)   A game won by the receiving player(s).
 * 18)  The first shot in a game of billiards.
 * 19)  The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
 * 20)  The counter-attack.
 * 21)  The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
 * 22)  A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
 * 23)  The start of a horse race.
 * 24)  A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
 * 25)  A sharp bit or snaffle.
 * 26)  A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
 * 27)  The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
 * 28)  The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
 * 29)  An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g.,, US).
 * 30)  An error.
 * 1) An act of escaping.
 * 2)  The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
 * 3)  A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
 * 4)  A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
 * 5)   A game won by the receiving player(s).
 * 6)  The first shot in a game of billiards.
 * 7)  The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
 * 8)  The counter-attack.
 * 9)  The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
 * 10)  A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
 * 11)  The start of a horse race.
 * 12)  A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
 * 13)  A sharp bit or snaffle.
 * 14)  A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
 * 15)  The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
 * 16)  The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
 * 17)  An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g.,, US).
 * 18)  An error.
 * 1)  A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
 * 2)  The start of a horse race.
 * 3)  A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
 * 4)  A sharp bit or snaffle.
 * 5)  A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
 * 6)  The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
 * 7)  The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
 * 8)  An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g.,, US).
 * 9)  An error.
 * 1)  A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
 * 2)  The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
 * 3)  The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
 * 4)  An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g.,, US).
 * 5)  An error.
 * 1)  An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g.,, US).
 * 2)  An error.
 * 1)  An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g.,, US).
 * 2)  An error.
 * 1)  An error.

Usage notes

 * The instruments that are named are the ones that carry on playing, for example a implies that the fiddle is the most prominent instrument playing during the break.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:, , , , ,
 * French:
 * Galician: crebadura, quebradura
 * German:
 * Hebrew: שְׁבִירָה
 * Latvian: lūšana
 * Manx: brishey
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: brudd
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Slovak: lom, zlom, zlomenina
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: åbning,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latvian: lūzums
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Ottoman Turkish: فرج
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, spațiu (gol) , ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Tagalog: pugto
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Slovak: pomlčka, pauza


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: اِسْتِرَاحَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: fasilə
 * Belarusian: перапы́нак, прэ́рва
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: paŭzo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀνάπαυσις
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: pārtraukums
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: prestávka
 * Slovene: odmor
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: tayong
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: пере́рва
 * Urdu: وقفہ
 * Welsh:


 * Danish: afbrud
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Beziehungspause
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avbrekk
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: prestávka


 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: zlom, zmena


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Slovak: úsvit, svitanie,


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: útek


 * Bulgarian:
 * Maori: puapua, tūātea


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: break
 * Finnish: syötönmurto
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: break
 * Polish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, Eröffnungsstoß,
 * Japanese:


 * Turkish:


 * Catalan:
 * Danish: kontra
 * Finnish: vastahyökkäys
 * German:, ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gjenvinning


 * Italian:

Etymology 2
the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music and see also breakdancing.

Noun

 * 1)   A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.

Verb

 * 1)  To B-boy; to breakdance.
 * 2)  To brake.
 * 1)  To brake.

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1)  pause, holiday
 * 2)   of serve
 * 1)   of serve
 * 1)   of serve

Etymology 2
From earlier, from.

Noun

 * 1)  estate car, station wagon

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) (gay culture)  (intermission or brief suspension of activity)

Interjection

 * 1) ! (boxing)

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  pause